Check POP3 manually
Question / Problem
Is it possible to access a POP3 account manually in order to check, if the system works?
Answer / Solution
Yes, it is very easy, because the POP3 protocol is quite simple. The following commands executed at the command line perform a login to the POP3 server and retrieve the statistics of the POP3 account:
telnet pop-mail.t-online.de
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USER [YourUsername]
PASS [YourPasswort]
STAT
QUIT